Valenzuela-Sánchez, A;
O'Hanlon, SJ;
Alvarado-Rybak, M;
Uribe-Rivera, DE;
Cunningham, AA;
Fisher, MC;
Soto-Azat, C;
(2018)
Genomic epidemiology of the emerging pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis from native and invasive amphibian species in Chile.
Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
, 65
(2)
pp. 309-314.
10.1111/tbed.12775.
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Abstract
Emerging fungal diseases represent a threat to food security, animal and human health worldwide. Amphibian chytridiomycosis, caused by the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), has been associated with catastrophic and well-documented amphibian population declines and extinctions. For the first time, Bd was cultured from native and non-native wild amphibians in Chile. Phylogenomic analyses revealed that Chilean isolates AVS2, AVS4 and AVS7 group within the global panzootic lineage of Bd (BdGPL) in a single highly supported clade that includes a genotype previously isolated from the United Kingdom. Our results extend the known distribution of BdGPL in South America and suggest a single and relatively recent introduction of BdGPL into the country, providing additional support to the role of anthropogenic activity in the global spread of this panzootic lineage.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Genomic epidemiology of the emerging pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis from native and invasive amphibian species in Chile |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/tbed.12775 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.12775 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Batrachyla antartandica; Calyptocephalella gayi; chytridiomycosis; emerging infectious disease; fungal disease; Xenopus laevis |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Genetics, Evolution and Environment |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10028133 |
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